10G 



GRAMINACE./E. 



[Endogens. 



Order XXIX. GR AMI N ACE iE.— Grasses. 



n\na, Just. Gen. 28. (1789).— Gramineae, R. Brown Prodr. 168. (1810) ; Palisot de Beam'. Agrostol. ; 

 Knnlli in Mi in. Mns. 2. 62 ; Id. in JV. G. et Sp. Humb. et Bonpl. 1. 84 ; Turpin in M&m. Mus. 5. 



Gramii 

 Ki .. 



426 ; Trillins luntilam. Agrostol. ; Dumorlier Agrost. Brig. ; Trinius Diss, de Gram. Unifl. et 

 Seiquif. : De la Ilarpe in Ann. Sc. 5. 335. 6. 21 ; liaspail in Ann. des Sc. 4. 271. 422. 5. 287. 433. 

 6. 224.384.7.336; Nees v. Esenbcck Agrostol. Brasil. ; Kwith Enum. pi. vol. 1 et 2 ; Endl. Got. 

 xlii. Meisner, p. 414. 



Diagnosis. — Qlumal Endogens, with spUt-sheathed leaves, a one-celled ovary, and a 



lateral naked embryo. 



Evergreen herbs, occasionally having stems of considerable size and living for many 

 years. Rhizonia, fibrous or bulbous. Stem cylindrical, usually fistular and closed at 





Fig. LXXIII. 



Fig. T.XXIT.— 1. Locusta of Agrostis alba ; 2. pales and stamens, &c. of the same ; 3. paleae of Leersia 

 oryzoides ; 4. pistil, stamens, and hypogynous scales of the same ; 5. locusta of Polypogon monspeliensis; 

 (.. palete, fcc of the same ; 7. locusta of iStipa pennata ; 8. rachis, bracteae, and florets of Cynosurus cris- 

 tatus ; 9. locusta of Cynodon dactylon ; 10. paleee, mid abortive floretof the same. 



rig. LXXIII.— 1. Locusta of Corynephoroa canescens ; 2. palea?, &c. of the same; 3. locusta of 

 Pnalaris aquatics : 4. locusta of Alopecurus pratensis ; 5. locusta of Aira carvophvllea ; 6. floret of the 

 same ; 7. locusta of Festuca duriuscula ; 8. locusta of Glyceria fluitans ; 9. floret of the same ; 10. locusta 

 ot bragrostis poaeformis. 





